Strand of the Ancients damage

[Solmyr13]

Hey guys,

Don't want to call it an exploit since I genuinely don't know but I just played 3 SotA in which we got their relic down in 4 minutes (I'm horde) and on their turn they could use 3 bombs to blow up a gate. They had 45 seconds left to win adn just destroyed yellow so we were confident we had it and were focusing demo's down when 2 bombs and 1 demo shot blew up our relic chamber and they won.

I know the amount is correct because the Demo went from Yellow Gate > 1/4h of the way to the Relic chamber by the time it had died. Is there an exploit OR a mechanic of this BG that I just don't understand?

Thanks!

[Thallidomaniac]

As of MoP, bombs do a LOT of damage to the gates now. While on D, you have to make sure the bombs don't go off by defusing them, but the defusing action, and I think the planting action, is cancelled by taking damage. So I think how it works is that as D, you have to AOE the gates to make sure the enemy can't get bombs on it.

[Kagthul]

Bombs. Only takes 4 to blow any gate.